Daily summary: Wall Street drops amid pick-up in yields, strong USD pressures commodities

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Wall Street indices are pulling back today - S&P 500 drops 0.6%, Dow Jones trades 1% lower, Nasdaq declines 0.4% and small-cap Russell 2000 slumps around 1.5%
Pullback on US indices is triggered by a spike in US yields, which in turn was triggered by hawkish comments from Fed Kashkari yesterday as well as weak demand on Treasury auctions
USD is the best performing major currency, putting pressure on precious metals and other commodities. Gold drops around 0.8% at press time
Energy commodities also trade lower, with oil dropping around 1% and US natural gas prices plunging almost 6%
Cocoa surges over 7% amid lack of sufficient rainfall in West Africa and continued declines in merchant inventories
Cryptocurrencies trade lower amid stronger USD - Bitcoin drops 1.3%, while Ethereum trades 2.1% lower
American Airlines plunge around 15% today after the company cut Q2 guidance. Other US airlines also traded under pressure
Abercrombie & Fitch rallies over 20% after company reported better-than-expected fiscal-Q1 2025 earnings and issued upbeat fiscal-Q2 and full-year forecasts
European stock market indices traded lower today, with blue chips indices from Germany, France, Italy and Spain dropping over 1%. Polish WIG20 was among top laggards with an almost 1.7% drop
German CPI inflation accelerated from 2.2 to 2.4% YoY in May, in-line with expectations. However, monthly increase of 0.1% MoM was smaller than 0.2% MoM expected
Richmond Fed index improved from -7 to 0 in May (exp. -2)
Spanish retail sales increased 0.3% YoY in April, down from 0.9% YoY in March

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Daily summary: Wall Street drops amid pick-up in yields, strong USD pressures commodities

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